BYOC
Nelson, Nevada
2025

Bring your own canon.

Moon Train
Boulder City, Nevada
2025

I’m told that the crescent (moon) shaped piece of steel on the wheel ofa  steam engine train like this one is to counter-balance the weight of the shaft arm attachment on wheel’s opposite side. It has the same effect of balancing the tires on a car to make sure it’s wheels run smoothly.

Natural Megalith
Owl Canyon, Nevada
2025

Over 35,000 megaliths (“a large stone used to build prehistoric structures or monuments, either alone or with other stones”) have been documented across Europe, some of which I have seen in Ireland and Scotland. Not being man made, this is not a true megalith by that definition although the word megalith is from the ancient Greek language meaning simply “great stone.” By that more literal translation it doesn’t matter if the stone has been naturally placed or not, so this qualifies I guess.

Pre-Fossils
Boulder City, Nevada
2025

I don’t think these two leaves are ever going to obtain fossil status but it sure looks like they are trying to.

Agave #7
Boulder City, Nevada
2025

Obstacles and Possibilities
Kofa Mountains, Arizona
2025

The view is pretty hazy and it looks like there are be a lot of obstacles in the way of getting to where you can see what’s on the other side of the far mountain range, but the possibilities of what might be found along the way as well as at the end of the trail seem endless.

Box Canyon
Crater Mountains, Arizona
2025

Two and a Half Peaks
Crater Mountains, Arizona
2025

Sawtooth Shadows
Tucson, Arizona
2024

A sawtooth yucca casting shadows on itself. Taking the shadows along with the actual teeth as a unified shape, it looks like some kind of a weirdly designed bandsaw blade.

Agave #6
Tucson, Arizona
2024